List of Whittier College alumni
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Whittier College is a private liberal arts college in Whittier, California. Following are some of its notable alumni.
- Willa Baum, historian and pioneer of oral history[1]
- Arturo C. Porzecanski, Wall Street economist and university professor
Business
- Fred D. Anderson, former CFO of Apple Computer
- Peter L. Harris, former CEO of FAO Schwarz, former CEO of the San Francisco 49ers
- Steve Matthiasson, California viticulturist and winemaker
- Arturo C. Porzecanski, Wall Street economist and university professor
Entertainment
- James Adomian, comedian[2]
- Andrea Barber, actress known for Full House and Fuller House;[3]
- Herschel Daugherty, film, television and theatre director[4]
- Ken Davitian, actor
- Bill Handel, radio personality [5]
- Nancy Bea Hefley, Los Angeles Dodgers organist
- Cassey Ho, video blogger[6]
- Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences[7]
- Chris Jacobs, actor and television host
- Roger Lodge, television host
- Lupita Nyong'o (attended), Academy Award-winning actress
- Salvador Plascencia, author
- Arthur Allan Seidelman, Emmy Award-winning director
- Williametta Spencer, composer
- Geoff Stults, actor[8]
- George Stults, actor[8]
- June Squibb (attended), Academy Award-nominated actress
- Olive Sturgess, actress[9]
- Linda Vallejo, artist
Law
- Florence-Marie Cooper, former United States federal judge
- Robert D. Durham, justice, Oregon Supreme Court
- Nick Khan, attorney, president of WWE
Literature and journalism
- Harry Adams, photojournalist and photographer who worked for the California Eagle and Los Angeles Sentinel
- Dorothy Baker, author[10]
- Charles Bock, author
- Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Newbery Award-winning author
- Jessamyn West, author[11]
Medicine
- Albert R. Behnke, U.S. Navy physician who established the U.S. Naval Medical Research Institute
- William F. House, surgeon who developed the cochlear implant
- Connie Redbird Pinkerman-Uri, doctor and lawyer who campaigned against involuntary sterilisation of Native American women
Politics
- Wayne R. Grisham, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States
- George E. Outland, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Gregory Salcido, former mayor of Pico Rivera, California
- Tony Strickland, former California state senator
Religion
- R. Kent Hughes, former pastor of College Church in Wheaton, Illinois, author
- David Moyer, bishop in the Traditional Anglican Communion